So wonderful to share young talents' work!!!!! take a moment and feel what has been written below.

Breanna DeSouto saw a photograph I took of Nicole Cudzilo as the Cheshire Cat. Paige Zeitler was the art director as we photographed Paige in Wonderland. (Great news is we will resume this work in August.)
Breanna, a teenage writer, was inspired to create these incredible poems that I immediately knew I wanted to share with you. I feel so incredibly lucky to be collaborating with these young artist, Paige and Nicole.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1671177346 (Breanna's Facebook page) Go ahead and drop her a note!!!!!! How wonderful for us to be able to encourage such talent.

"I'm going to write a story called 'The Elysium Flower,' I haven't exactly figured it all out in my head, but the word "elysium" is supposedly Greek for a place like Hell, and I'm thinking that a girl (based off the picture of you) somehow comes into possession of a flower from Hell, and the flower brings destruction to whoever has it, or, a demoness or some important figure from Hell (which would also be based off the picture of you) has to deliver the flower to certain people or something along the lines of that, it will be interesting nontheless once I get it all straightened out and start writing it." ~ from a letter between Breanna DeSouto and Nicole Cudzilo talking about the images and poetry.

Of Elsyium:
by Breanna DeSouto

There’s a fire raging deep inside the night

And it shines bright like a burning star…

A man stepped into her lair one day

And threw his soul through the open door

He never counted his blessings

And she smelled the lies on his tongue

She turned his heart inside out

And clutched him tight between her claws

To forever keep by her side

As Heaven and Hell collide in her eyes

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"She liked to dance among the barren branches, under a blazing sun. With eyes so penetrating, you might think she could see down into your soul. She speaks no words, but she tells you, I know who you are, and you can't fool me. She lives in a place where Earth and space collide.


When sunlight can't warm the barran branches, she appears like an etheral being. Her eyes hold secrets only dreaming eyes can see. She says, "I know who you are, you can't fool me." She can see straight down into your soul. The forest is her home, and she dances with the leaves, like she's one with the wind. She appears as satin and lace, but you never dare cross her, for she owns the harsh winter winds, and she will consume you inside her anger.



She dances under the grey sky, among the cold barren branches, with eyes that see through the darkest depths, and a grace so warm, the sun shines down in her heart. Her hands are strong and her fingertips are golden, to take life's sorrows, and turn them into beauty."
Breanna DeSouto